Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon

Born on the 4th of august in the year 1900 in London to Claude Bowes-lyon and his wife Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck. On April 26, 1993 Elizabeth married prince Albert , Duke of York after his second proposal to her. After the death of King George V on January 23, 1926, Albert's older brother Edward became king. Determined to marry the American divorcee, Wallis Simpson, Prince Edward passed down the crown to his brother Albert. The duchess of York thus became the queen of the United Kingdom and the head of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 along side her husband who became the king of great Britain under the regnal name of George VI. Together they had two children , Elizabeth, the present queen of Britain, and Margret.

REIGN

During her reign as queen, Elizabeth was described as a kind-hearted yet dangerous and strong woman. During the royal state touring , U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, said that Elizabeth was "perfect as a Queen, gracious, informed, saying the right thing & kind but a little self-consciously regal". On the other hand, during the second world war, Adolf Hitler allegedly called her "the most dangerous woman in Europe" because of her wide popularity and the effects she had on her people. One of the most famous stands taken by the queen mother, was publicly refusing to leave London or send away her children. she declared "The children won't go without me. I won't leave the King. And the King will never leave". Instead, the queen spent most of her time visiting troops, hospitals, factories, and parts of Britain that were targeted by the German Luftwaffe, dressed in vibrant colors to represent a rainbow of hope. Her unbreakable spirit provided moral support to the British public, And to her husband until his death on February 6, 1952. Devastated by her husband's Death the Queen retired to Scotland, But that only lasted for a few months. Elizabeth, Who began to be styled as the Queen mother to avoid confusion with her elder daughter, now Queen Elizabeth II, came out of retirement to proceed with her public duties as a Queen mother and treated them with the same importance as her public duties when she was Queen consort.

DEATH

On 30 march, 2002, at 15:15, And just after a few weeks of her younger daughter's death, The Queen mother died in her sleep at the Royal Lodge, Windsor Great Park, with Queen Elizabeth II, at her bedside. More than a million people filled the area outside Westminster Abbey and along the route from central London to Elizabeth's final resting place beside her husband and daughter in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. With her charisma, charms, wits, and vibrant spirit, Elizabeth the mother was able to make herself one of the most popular royal member changing the opinions and popularity of monarchy.

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